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Movie review: 'Mad Max' is a fresh, fantastic approach to a classic idea By Ed Symkus More Content Now MailTribune.com By Ed Symkus More Content Now Posted May. 15, 2015 @ 12:01 am By Ed Symkus More Content Now Posted May. 15, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> ***Embargoed for Friday release.*** Pretend for just a moment that there was no “Mad Max,” that back in 1979, Australian director George Miller hadn’t made that scrappy post-apocalyptic movie, or its two sequels, the far superior “The Road Warrior” and the too contemplative “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.” Go one step further. Make believe Miller had never found the little-known Australian actor Mel Gibson, who would go on to make the role of solitary ex-cop Max Rockatansky an iconic film figure. Imagine that all these years later, George Miller, after making such films as “The Witches of Eastwick” and “Babe: Pig in the City” and “Happy Feet,” decided to do that post-apocalyptic idea he’d been carrying around for so long. Now stop imagining it, and go buy a ticket for “Mad Max: Fury Road,” not just a reboot, but a whole new approach to his series, the last entry of which was released in 1985. The chameleonic Tom Hardy (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “The Drop”) is Max, an ex-cop who roams around alone, having lost his family and the world he knew to some huge disaster that’s referred to in brief, haunting flashbacks, but never really explained. The “Mad Max” films became best known for their relentlessly ferocious car chases (trucks and other unidentifiable vehicles were also involved). A quick word to fans of that component: Miller does not let you down in this one. The first car chase, with Max on the run, happens about two minutes in. It’s excellent. And before you can catch your breath, there’s an equally terrific foot chase through some mountain tunnels. In this version of the Mad Max world, there are shortages of food, water, gasoline, and healthy people. Max seems to be holding his own, but those scary looking fellows who are after him – hoards of pale, bare-chested bald guys – want his blood because he’s a universal donor. The setting is a structure called The Citadel, a place where those on the outside are wretched remnants of humankind, and most of those on the inside – the bald guys – seemingly worship a feeble old man whose body and whole persona are perked up when armor-like electronic devices, and one hellishly frightening metal mask, are attached to him, turning him into the powerful and maniacal Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). But among Joe’s followers is one woman who, if she chose, could break any man in half. That would be the deadly serious Furiosa (Charlize Theron), Joe’s main driver, always ready to jump behind the wheel of her 2,000 horsepower truck, or war rig, and head off across the desert to pick up a load of petrol in Gastown. For a film with a dearth of dialogue, there’s a lot of storytelling going on. Furiosa is a woman on a mission, just not the one Joe assigned to her. When she and the baldies accompanying and protecting her veer off the road to Gastown and head into “hostile territory,” we learn of her involvement with another shortage – that of beautiful women who are able to bear children, aka breeders. Sorry, no more will be revealed here on that. But it’s OK to go in knowing that the film features plenty of insane driving, explosions, spears, bodies flying through the air, and a huge toxic sandstorm, as well as fights galore, one of the best occurring between Max and Furiosa, both of them road warriors who despise each other upon sight, but must figure out a way to work together if they want to survive. Nicholas Hoult (“About a Boy,” the two most recent “X-Men” films) plays Nux, a bald, disease-ridden boy who’s sort of an excitable and probably harmless mix between the characters Beetlejuice and Captain Spaulding in “The Devil’s Rejects.” This is one of the loudest movies you’ll ever experience. There’s a point where you hear pounding drums on the track, then the camera suddenly cuts to a big truck, hurtling across the desert with a platform on front holding four men pounding away on giant Kodo drums, and another guy in front of them, an electric guitar strapped on, shredding away, with flames belching out of its double neck. What a scene! This is a spectacular movie that does what great movies are supposed to do. It makes you forget about everything else in the world while you’re watching it. And somehow, by embodying a quiet intensity, Tom Hardy makes you forget about Mel Gibson. Ed Symkus covers movies for More Content Now. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris; directed by George Miller With Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne Rated R By Ed Symkus More Content Now MailTribune.com By Ed Symkus More Content Now Posted May. 15, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Comment or view comments /* $( document ).ready(function() { // Jquery mobile is trying to style the button and leaving a blank gry button on top of a white button $("#viafouracoms .vf-comment-controls li.vf-right").html(' Submit '); });*/ » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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